Laetoli - Loc. 10 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 628, Laetoli - Loc. 10,

Where: Tanzania (3.3° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 34.9° E)

When: Vogel River Series Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of upper unit of Laetoli Beds (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 7 (3.56+-.2ma) radiometric intage_min

•upper unit of Laetolil Beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: eolian; paleosol/pedogenic lithology not reported

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: airfall tuffs, pelletoid-similar to Olduvai

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: M. D. Leakey and J. M. Harris. 1987. Laetoli: a Pliocene Site in Northern Tanzania. Clarendon Press, Oxford, Great Britain [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 21810: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995, edited by John Damuth and Graham Slater

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Pseudinvoluta sp. n. sp.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli"
Euonyma leakeyi
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli", names in use shifted from family / genus
Aves
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Streptopelia sp. Bonaparte 1855 dove
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: large
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
 Squamata - Elapidae
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Bitis arietans puff adder
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: olduvaiensis
Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae "indet. large" Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-large
Felidae "indet. medium" Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-medium
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
ETE occurrence; species: large
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes barryi Werdelin and Dehghani 2010 raccoon dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
cf. Pelea sp. Gray 1851 antelope
Cephalophini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cephalophini
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus major pouched mouse
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey